Delaware Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Duphily

WALSH, Justice.

In this appeal from the Superior Court, we consider whether a jury verdict finding an electric cooperative to be solely liable for injuries to an employee of a mobile home installation company is against the great weight of the evidence. We also consider whether the jury’s award of damages was excessive. We conclude that, under the circumstances of this case, the jury’s findings on proximate causation, specifically its rejection of an intervening or superseding cause, are not contrary to the great weight of the evidence. Wé further conclude that, in view of the catastrophic…